Glove.



P. A. WALLER.

GLOVE. APPLICATION FILED 116v. 9, 1910.

Patentd July 14, 19m

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PETER A. WALLER, 01" KEVTANEE, ILLINGE, ASSIGNOR T0 BOSS IdANUFAGTURIb'IG COMPANY, OF KEWANJEE, ILLIIiFOIS, A CORPORA'JlliON 01F ILLINOI.

' GLUVE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 9, 1910. Serial No. 591,507.

.19 all whom it may com-em it known that 1, PETER A. VVALLER, a

oi Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gloves, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to an improvement in oves and more particularly to the class of gloves which are formed of heavy fabric and are used to a. large extent by workmen.

One of the objects of the present invention is the provision of a glove of this character which will fit the hand more snugly and will be less bunglesome than the gloves of this kind now in use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a love of this character which is so formed hat the seams are located in positions so that they will not be subjected to excessive strains and will not ohaie the hand of the wearer of the glove.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent from the detailed description hereinafter when read in'connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein a convenient embodiment of the invention is illustrated and wherein like numerals of reference refer to similar parts in the several views.

'In the drawings, Figure 1 a Front view or a glove embodvinp; the present invention, Fig. 2 is'a rear View thereof, Fig. 3 1s a diagram of the blank for the frontv of the glove, Fig; i is a diagram of the b lank for 5 is a diagram of the blank for the upper portion; of the thumb of the glove, and 6 is a diagram of the blanlcsi'or the fronts of the middle fingers of thc glove.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, A designates the blank for the front pieces of the glove which is formed of a sin le piece of inelastic fabric such'as is usually employed for gloves of this character and comprises a palm piece 1, a down wardly extending thumb member 2, which is positioned at one side of the palm piece 1 and is adapted when the portions of the glove are assembled to form the inner side of the thumb of the glove, and finger sections 3 and 4 which project 1: wardly from sides of the said linger over upon the backs thereof.

adapted to-i'orm the front and sides of e' first and fourth fingers of the glove. Dowiiwardly curved slits extend imvardly into the body oi the fin er A n the inhcr edges of the ii .u thereof to ioz'jo and i X at "the inner are of suflicient Width to, when the sections of the glore are assembled, extend between the fingers of the wearer of the glove and A flap 3" is also formed along the outer edge of the finger section 3 which is adapted to bcffolde'd rearwardly. A blank 5 is provided which is preferably of elastic material although if desired it may be made of inelastic material as the blank which is formed so as to coiiperate with the thumb section 2 heretofore referred to,. to form the thumb of the gloveand the lower section of which! is adapted to be secured in the palm piece 1 of the glove and to con stitutc' a covering hand adjacent the tions 6 and 7 are ably formed of the ssmeinelastic' material as the blank A and which are'adsptechwhn base of the-thumb. Sec- Patenhedllnly Elsi, 1M4.

l at the base provided which. are preferpieces, which flaps A and the upper-portion of, I

for thatportion oi the r the sections of the glove are assembled, 'toi fronts and sides or the middle constitute the such sections being of fingers of the glove, suilicient Width that I lie upon the backs of the mlddle fingers of the wearer of the glove. The loweredges hf the finger pieces 6 and 7 are straight for substantially the greater portion of their the edges thereof will width and terminate at one end in upwardly inclined portions 6 and Y".

B designates the blank of the backof the glove, which blank is formed fromnsingfle piece of any suitable elastic lasosrihima comprises a portion which is adapted to constitute the b'a'ck prope'r'of t h'h gloi ahd finger portions 9, 10, 11 and 12 which are adapted to constitute the backs of the fingers of the glove.

To form the glove, the thumb section 2 of the blank ii. is folded to an upright p0sition and the'thumb member 5 is stitched thereto and to the adjacent portion of the palm piece 1 of the blank A. The flaps 3 3 and 4C of the finger pieces 3 and 4 are folded rearwardly. The upwardly inclined portions 6 and 7 of the finger sections 6 and 7 are stitched together, thus forming a str'highix scam between the fingens and the central portions of the bases of said finger sections are stitched to the curved edge of the blank A; which is positioned between the finger sections 3 and i thereof, and the revmaining portions of the bases of the finger a the glove by stitching the edges thereof to v glove and by ger portions the edges of the inelastic portion of the gers of the front portion of the glove. asrnuch as the inelastic portions of the finers of the glove are of such a width that they form the fronts and sides of the fingers and that they are adapted to not only extendpbetween the finger-shut also tolie upon the backs of the fingers, it will be seen that the seams which unite the elastic backing to the remainder of the glove will all be aositioned upon the backs of the fingers o the wearer, so that not only will such seams be protected from wear, but they will also be so positioned that they in no way interfere with the free manipulation of the hand of the wearer of the glove. The only finger seam which is positioned at the 'front of the glove is that at the base of the middle fingers and by locating the same at this point it will be obvious that it is practically relieved from all strain when the hand of the wearer is closed or partly closed,

as when grasping or holding an object. By providing a glove of this character with a one-piece elastic back and fingers the glove adjusts itself to different sized hands and fits much moresnugly than the ordinary working glove, thus enabling the workman to work much faster and more skilfully than is possible with the gloves of this kind heretofore in use.

The lower portion of the glove is provided with a wrist band C which may be of any well known type.

While a convenient embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it will be obvious that many changes may be made to the form and con The stitching the edges of the fin.- thereof to the edges of the finliii' struction herein shown without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the accompanying claim.

I clai.n1:

A glove consisting of a blank of inelastic material constituting a palm portion the wrist edge and the sides of the blank being substantially straight, a front thumb section at one sidenf the blank adjacent its wrist edge, said thumb section extending downwardly toward therwrist edge and outwardly beyond the adjacent side edge of the hlanl; whereby the same may be folded to an uprightposition, the blank having formed at its'edge remote from its Wrist edge sep arate spaced finger portions adapted to form the front and sides of'the first and fourth fingers of the glove; said finger portions being of a width to extend between the lingers of the wearer and lie upon the backs thereof, a pair of separate inelastic finger pieces secured at their lower edges to-the portion of the blank intermediate the integral finger pieces thereof and to the adjacent lower edges of said finger pieces, a separate thumb section formed of a single pier-e of material and arranged. to extend at the 'Front of the glove to completely cover the back of the thumb and the fleshy part of the hand of the wearer adjacent the base of the thumb, the section being secured at its upper edges to the front thumb piece and having its lower part secured to the inelastic palm piece, and a one piece back for the glove of elastic material comprlslng a back proper and finger backs, the back proper having a' PETER A. VVALLER.

Witnesses T. R. Sienna,

FRANK M. LAY. 

